Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) might not be the most principled conservative on Capitol Hill, but he occasionally makes some good points regarding the hypocritical narratives advanced by the Democratic Party.
In the aftermath of the Democratic National Convention, he took aim at the four-day event’s overarching theme of “joy.”
As the Daily Wire reported:
“If you’re a Republican, you saw a hate fest. You saw a hate fest full of insults,” Graham said. “And Donald Trump said to Barack Obama, you’re a nice man after President Obama insulted and jabbed President Trump continuously. It was designed to draw him into an exchange of insults. It was light on policy, heavy on insults.”
“So I told President Trump then and now, you’re going to win this thing if you focus on policy,” he continued. “Americans are not joyful when they go to the gas station and fill up their car. They’re not joyful when they make their mortgage payment. They’re not joyful when they go to the grocery store. People are hurting.”
The effort to inject the word “joy” into practically every speech during the DNC did not go unnoticed by social media users:
So much joy at the dnc #DNC2024CHICAGO
pic.twitter.com/alBC9Bx4Ib— Politi_Rican 🇵🇷 𝕏 🇺🇸 (@TheRicanMemes) August 22, 2024
Al Sharpton is SCREAMING about the "joy" at the DNC:
“Joy! Joy! Joy! Joy!” pic.twitter.com/NtDQh3EsFb
— Conservative War Machine (@WarMachineRR) August 23, 2024
The DNC isn’t subtle with NAZI Messaging.
Biden said our kids are his. Next Kamala stole a Nazi slogan STRENGTH THROUGH JOY!
Useful Idiots Much? https://t.co/kFi67S5OIV pic.twitter.com/urH84aXuSw
— Recall Katie Hobbs (@AmericanHubener) August 19, 2024
As a parent, watching this video of Tim Walz at the DNC makes me sick.😭
I do not see "joy" here. I do not see a happy dad.
It's not very becoming for the person they are trying to paint as "America's Dad."It looks pretty clear to me, but what do y'all think?🤔 If this was on… pic.twitter.com/V0C184zZ02
— 🇺🇲MAGADONIAN PokéMom🇺🇲 (@Pokemom2R) August 23, 2024
Oprah (net worth $3 billion) belting about "joy" at the #DNC last night, amidst escalating war, unprecedented levels of social inequality and the danger of fascism, sums up the manufactured, inane, self-absorbed and politically reactionary character of the event as a whole. pic.twitter.com/A5wE8JMj2U
— Joseph Kishore (@jkishore) August 22, 2024
Former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy had his own thoughts about the DNC’s “joy” agenda, per the Washington Examiner:
“This is a vibe. They’re trying to run this entire campaign on style over substance,” Ramaswamy told the Ingraham Angle, noting her time in politics to date has conditioned her to do so.
“She had a Pavlovian experience. She was trained that when you put your hand in the policy cookie jar — when it bit back, she said that she doesn’t want to touch policy anymore,” he added. “So the reality is, can she get through this election naturally for 80 more days without touching policy? I think it is possible that she can, which has our work cut out for us.”
Here’s some additional coverage of the Democratic Party’s rhetorical gymnastics:
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